Four People, Including Three Former Village Chairs, Arrested in Mawlamyine #Mon

July 25, 2025

HURFOM: According to local sources, junta troops arrested four individuals, including three former village chairpersons, from Thway Thauk Village, Chauk Mine Kone Village Tract, Mawlamyine Township, Mon State, during the second week of July.

Eyewitnesses reported that approximately 40 junta soldiers entered the homes of these individuals—three former village chairs aged between 35 and 60 and the newly appointed village chair—and arrested them without providing clear reasons.

A local resident explained, “They were accused of possessing weapons, mapping land plots in forested areas around Thway Thauk, and having political affiliations. We don’t know their whereabouts at the moment.”

The arrests followed an earlier incident in early July when a white Toyota Probox vehicle, reportedly carrying weapons, was seen entering Thway Thauk Village to unload items. Locals speculate this triggered the junta’s actions.

Previously, on May 5, a similar white Toyota Probox (license plate KYN 4 DD/1163) was involved in an unrelated incident in Mawlamyine, where four men allegedly attempted to assassinate a woman at the behest of her ex-husband, a local doctor. Those arrested at that time included:

Zaw Min Lat (also known as Mhone Gyi or Nga Mhone), age 41, from Thway Thauk Ward, Kywe Chan Kone.

Htein Win (also known as Byat Sote), age 40, from Myay Ni Kone Ward, Diesel Shop Road area.

Kyaw Win Thu, age 45, also from Thway Thauk Ward, Kywe Chan Kone.

Security forces stated that they seized an automatic handgun and 12 bullets from the vehicle. A case was subsequently opened under Penal Code Sections 307 and 114 against these individuals, as well as Naing Oo (the alleged mastermind) and Dr. Zing Min Naung Naung, regarding the attempted murder of Ma Wint Myat Myat Phyo.

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